Noose releasing honda



April 15, 1952 HQODY 2,592,696

NOOSE RELEASING HONDA Filed June 2, 1950 Edward A. Hoody INVENTOR.

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Patented Apr. 15, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE a 7 2,592,696 I NooseRELEASING HONDA Edward A. Hoody, Dundalk, Md.

Application June 2, 1950, Serial No. 165,765

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements intoys and playthings and has more particular reference to a lariatwhich-is safe and suitable for use by youngsters when playing the gameof cowboys.

It is a matter of common knowledge to those familiar with toy-typelassos and lariats that they can actually become dangerousinstrumentalities especially in the hands of larger boys takingadvantage of smaller ones, once the running loop or noose is around thebody or other part of the captured youngster. There has long been ademand for a toy lasso with a releasable safety-type running noose. Itis therefore the object of the instant invention to attempt to solve theproblem of safe play with lassos by the adoption and use of a pressureresponsive self-opening and detachable noose.

More specifically; the invention has to do with a honda in the form of ablock of suitable shape, size and material, preferably commercialplastics, which functions as a noose forming, adjusting and releasingdevice. To this end the block has means for anchoring one end of thenoose and complemental means whereby an adjacent portion of the rope maybe bent and formed into a running noose, the latter means including arestricted side slot through which the coacting portion of the rope maybe extracted when the tightening pressure of the noose about the body ofthe victim develops a predetermined unsafe bonding and stranglingpressure.

Other objects and advantages will become more readily apparent from thefollowing description and the accompanying illustrative drawings.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings wherein like numerals are employedto designate like parts throughout the views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the noose forming, holding andreleasing honda constituting the novel subject matter of the instantinvention;

Figure 2 is a view with parts in section and elevation of the honda perse;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the same;

Figure 4 is an end elevation looking from right to left and based on theshowing made in Figure 3; and, t

Figure 5 is likewise an end elevation looking at thecurvate end of theblock-type honda shown in Figure 2.

The lasso comprises a suitable length of rope or thelike one end ofwhich is denoted by the numeral 6 and the other end by the numeral 8.the latter end being provided with an anchoring knot H1. The nooseportion is denoted by the 2 Claims. (o1.24--129) numeral l2 and thenovel noose forming, retain ing and releasing honda or device is denotedby the numeral M. This device, as before indicated,

takes the form of a block which maybe said to i be substantiallysector-shaped in top plan shown,

for example, in Figure 2. One edge portion I5 is substantially straightatone end and the opposed edge portion is inclined as at l6 and the twoedges l5 and I6 converge to form a relatively narrow straight across endportion ll. The opposite end portion is somewhat wider and of theapproximate curvature shown at IS. The straight edged sideis formed withan open ended rope accommodating channel 20. The channel is providedalong one side with a restricted rope releasing slot 22.. The width ofthis slot in practice may perhaps be approximately that of the diameterof the channel 20. The channel, is of a cross section slightly greaterthan the rope which through the straight diverging edge portion l6- ofthe block.

In making a noose and thus producing a complete lasso the user, beforethe knot I0 is formed, will pass the end portion 8 of the rope from leftto right through the channel 20 in Figure 1 for example. When the freetip portion of the rope emerges through the right hand end of thechannel 20 the user will catch hold of it and pull the rope on throughand will then insert said end of the rope into the passage or bore 26 byway of the forward or outer end portion 28 and he will continue to forcethe rope through bit by bit until the tip end emerges through the rearopening 30. He will then tie the half-hitch knot l0. Now, by simplypulling on the rope between the two passages, that is the channel on theone side i and the bore 26 on the other side the user may produce anoose, namely, a running type noose of the desired size. The purpose ofthe bore being in the form of an arc is to keep the rope portionsseparated and to form a successful loop.

It; is obvious that the article herein shown and described is a piece ofmerchandise wherein a cowboy may rig up his own lasso and use it withcomplete safety to all concerned. He cannot encircle the noose around aplaymate and keep him tied up "for keeps. This is true because thesafety opening noose will permit the rope to be ejected by way of theslot 22 when sufficient pressure is exerted on the end portion 26. Thatis to say, when the pull on the rope end 26 becomes sufiiciently tautthat the noose would begin to unduly curb and bind the captive, thereleasable end portion of the rope will automatically pull out throughthe slot 22 and the captive will be freed in an obviously harmlessmanner.

A careful consideration of the foregoing description in conjunction withthe invention as illustrated in the drawings will enable the reader toobtain a clear understanding and impression of the alleged features ofmerit and novelty sufficient to clarify the construction of theinvention as hereinafter claimed. f

Minor changes in shape, size, materials and rearrangement of parts maybe resorted to in actual practice without departing from the inventionas claimed. 7

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is: V

1. As a new article of manufacture, a honda for making up a toy lariatcomprising'an elongated'substantially sector-shaped block, said blockhaving broad top and bottom surfaces, having one longitudinal edgesubstantially straight from end'toen'd and provided with a rope passageparalleling said edge and further provided with slotopening through saidedge, the opposite longitudinal edge of said block being substantiallystraight from end to end and convergingat one end toward 'thefirst-named longitudinal edge, one transverse end of said block beincurvate and joining the corresponding ends of said longitudinal edges,said block being provided with a relatively short arcuate rope attachingand anchoring bore coplanar with said rope passage and said slot, oneend of the bore opening through said curvate edge portion and beingspaced away from-and diverging in a direction from the correspondingends of said slot and rope passage, and the other end of the boreopening through the intermediate portion of said second-namedlongitudinal edge.

2. A toy lariat comprising anelongated block having broadtop and bottomsurfaces, having one longitudinal edge substantially straight from end 4to end and provided with a rope passage paralleling said edge andfurther provided with a slot opening through said edge, the oppositelongitudinal edge of said block being substantially straight from end toend and converging at one end toward the first-named longitudinal edge,one transverse end of said block being curvate and joining thecorresponding ends of said longitudinal edges, said block being providedwith a relatively short arcuate rope attaching and anchoring borecoplanar with said rope passage and said slot, one end of the boreopening through said curvate edge portion and being spaced away from anddiverging in a direction from the corresponding ends of said slot andrope passage, and the other end of the bore opening through theintermediate portion of said second-named longitudinal edge, a length ofrope having an end portion knotted against said second longitudinal edgeand the adjacent portion threaded outwardly through a bore in adirection toward said curvate end and then bent and looped upon itself'beyond said curvate end and fashioned into a noose,

the latter embodying a portion fitted through said slot and lodged andfriction retained-in said pas,- sage, said portion being readily andsafely releasablefrom said passage, by way of said slot when an abnormalpressure is exerted upon said noose.

REFERENCES CITED. I

The following references are of record in the file of. this patent:

France Apr. 29, 192;

EDWARD A. Hoomn

